The Effect of Electrical Stimulation on Impairment of the Painful Post-Stroke Shoulder
- Conditions
- Stroke
- Registration Number
- NCT03683901
- Lead Sponsor
- MetroHealth Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Examination of the effects of short-term use of TENS and t-NMES on passive pain-free ROM of the painful post-stroke shoulder. Treatments are compared with no stimulation.
- Detailed Description
Single cohort, cross-over study. Subjects undergo passive pain-free ROM of the painful post-stroke shoulder under 3 stimulation conditions. The stimulation was delivered by a trained occupational therapist under three conditions: 10 seconds of TENS, 10 seconds of t-NMES, and 10 seconds of no stimulation. Each subject was exposed to each of the three stimulation conditions three times in a computer-generated random sequence for each outcome measure with a 5-minute wash-out period between each stimulation. This protocol is repeated for each of the two passive movements tested, shoulder abduction and shoulder external rotation.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 10
- at least 3 months post-stroke
- worst shoulder pain in the last week at least 4 on the 0-10 numerical rating scale,
- adequate cognitive ability to be able to rate their pain in the past week
- history of tachyarrhythmia with decreased blood pressure
- uncontrolled seizures (defined as more than one per month)
- an implanted electrical device
- uncompensated hemi-neglect
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Passive Range of Motion of Shoulder in Shoulder External Rotation 10 seconds passive range of motion of shoulder in shoulder external rotation as measured with hand-held goniometer
Passive Range of Motion of Shoulder in Shoulder Abduction 10 seconds passive range of motion of shoulder in shoulder abduction as measured with hand-held goniometer
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method